tobar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish topar, from Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠəɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠəɾˠ/

Noun

tobar m (genitive singular tobair, nominative plural toibreacha)

well
spring

Declension

Declension of tobar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tobar	toibreacha
Vocative	a thobair	a thoibreacha
Genitive	tobair	toibreacha
Dative	tobar	toibreacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tobar	na toibreacha
Genitive	an tobair	na dtoibreacha
Dative	leis an tobar don tobar	leis na toibreacha

Obsolete nominative plural: tobair

Related terms

tiobra

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tobar	thobar	dtobar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “topar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tobar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tobar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “tobar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tobar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰopəɾ/

Noun

tobar m or f (genitive singular tobair, plural tobrachan)

Derived terms

Tobar Mhoire

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